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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps take Neal upstairs to bed?
(a) Paul
(b) Mr. Maclean
(c) Jessie's mother
(d) Jessie

2. Why do Norman and Paul get a late start the next morning?
(a) They slept in.
(b) Mr. Maclean cannot find his fishing gear.
(c) They were reading the Sunday paper.
(d) Mrs. Maclean fixes a huge breakfast.

3. How is Old Rawhide dressed when Norman and Paul drop her off in town?
(a) She is fully dressed.
(b) She only has her shoes on.
(c) She has on her underclothes.
(d) She is naked.

4. What happens in the middle of the night?
(a) Norman goes sleepwalking.
(b) Norman gets sick.
(c) Paul fixes them a midnight snack.
(d) Norman gets a call from the local police sergeant.

5. Norman and Paul's father is as passionate about _____________________ as he is about religion.
(a) stamp collecting
(b) fly fishing
(c) cooking
(d) metal detecting

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has asked Norman to help his brother-in-law?

2. What do Norman and Mr. Maclean come to realize?

3. The next morning Paul arrives at Norman's house to _________________________________________.

4. Who never speaks of the tragedy?

5. Who arrives at the train station a few days later?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the two brothers is the better fisherman?

2. What do Norman and Paul find when they return to the spot where they left the car?

3. Neal declares that he wants to fish but what does he do instead?

4. What is the occupation of Norman and Paul's father?

5. Why does Paul try to avoid Norman?

6. What is Reverend Maclean's second passion after religion?

7. What is Norman's reaction to the phone call?

8. On what is the story based?

9. What do Norman's wife and mother-in-law finally realize about Neal?

10. Who goes on the fishing trip the next morning?

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